9-letter words containing a, s, p, e, r, i
- paruresis — a psychological inability to urinate in the presence of others
- pasquiler — a person who lampoons or pasquinades; a satirist
- passerine — of, belonging, or pertaining to the order Passeriformes, comprising more than half of all birds and typically having the feet adapted for perching.
- patissier — a person who makes pastries; a pastry chef
- patronise — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- pauperism — the state or condition of utter poverty.
- pay raise — an increase in wages or salary
- pearlfish — any of several small fishes of the family Carapidae, living within pearl oysters, sea cucumbers, starfishes, etc.
- peiraievs — Greek name of Piraeus.
- peirastic — involving an experiment; experimental
- penis war — (jargon, abuse) (Or "Dick Size War", "DSW") Any argument which has degenerated into quantitative boasting of the sort "My [program|bot|etc.] is [faster|meaner|etc.] than yours!". Generally as unconstructive (and with as little emphasis on empirical proof) as men debating who has the biggest penis. The term is often used on IRC, news:alt.sysadmin.recovery, and sometimes applied to IRC botwars, because of their equally pointless nature.
- periaktos — an ancient device used for changing theatre scenery, usually consisting of a revolving triangular prism with different scenes painted on each face; the device was heavily used in the Renaissance
- periapsis — the closest point to a central body reached by a body in orbit
- periblast — the protoplasm surrounding the blastoderm in meroblastic eggs
- periclase — a cubic mineral, native magnesia, MgO, occurring usually in metamorphosed dolomite.
- peripatus — any of a genus of wormlike arthropods having a segmented body and short unjointed limbs: belonging to the phylum Onychophora
- periplasm — an outer cytoplasmic layer that surrounds the oosphere in certain fungi.
- periplast — the hard and plated cell wall of a single-celled organism
- periscian — a person whose shadow moves round every point of the compass during a day, i.e. a person located in the polar regions
- peronista — Peronist.
- perovskia — a member of the Perovskia genus of aromatic plant native to central Asia, esp Russian sage, Perovskia atriplicifolia
- perradius — any of the main rays of a member of the Radiata group
- pervasion — to become spread throughout all parts of: Spring pervaded the air.
- pervasive — spread throughout: The corruption is so pervasive that it is accepted as the way to do business.
- petrosian — Tigran (tiɡˈran). 1929–84, Soviet chess player; world champion (1963–69)
- pharisees — a member of a Jewish sect that flourished during the 1st century b.c. and 1st century a.d. and that differed from the Sadducees chiefly in its strict observance of religious ceremonies and practices, adherence to oral laws and traditions, and belief in an afterlife and the coming of a Messiah.
- pig's ear — ear of a pig
- pile arms — to prop a number of rifles together, muzzles together and upwards, butts forming the base
- pis aller — the last resort or the final resource.
- pistareen — peseta (def 2).
- polarised — to cause polarization in.
- posigrade — of, relating to, or designating motion in the same direction as the current or normal motion
- posteriad — toward the posterior; posteriorly.
- practised — skilled or expert; proficient through practice or experience: a practiced hand at politics.
- practiser — someone who practises something, esp a trade or skill; practitioner
- practises — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
- praiseach — a type of porridge made with oatmeal
- praiseful — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- preassign — to give or allocate; allot: to assign rooms at a hotel.
- precisian — a person who adheres punctiliously to the observance of rules or forms, especially in matters of religion.
- predatism — the state of living as a predator or by predation.
- prelatism — prelacy; episcopacy.
- premosaic — of the period before Moses
- presidial — presidential
- presignal — to signal in advance
- primacies — the state of being first in order, rank, importance, etc.
- primaries — first or highest in rank or importance; chief; principal: his primary goals in life.
- privacies — the state of being apart from other people or concealed from their view; solitude; seclusion: Please leave the room and give me some privacy.
- privatise — to transfer from public or government control or ownership to private enterprise: a campaign promise to privatize some of the public lands.
- prussiate — a ferricyanide or ferrocyanide.